Do We Finally Have a Consensus On Android Flash Performance?

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Do We Finally Have a Consensus On Android Flash Performance?

So with that in mind, how did Flash video actually perform on the Nexus One?

Shockingly bad.

via newteevee.com

Another site tries Flash on an Android device and is disappointed.

Looks like Laptop magazine was right. So was Steve Jobs. So was I. Heck, so was Adobe.

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over 1 year ago Chris Brakebill responded:

In my experience it works great for everything but video. I definitely would say HTML5 is absolutely superior when it comes to video.

That said there is a lot of flash out there that isn't video that runs great on my Evo. I think if Flash has a place in the internet and mobile world. It's mobile games and dynamic websites. That's all iOS users are missing out on. Flash as a video distribution method should die immediately.

That said I still prefer HTML5/CSS3 because its they're open standards :)

over 1 year ago Matt responded:

braker1nine,

As an iOS user, I honestly don't feel like I am missing out on anything. If the website doesn't want to provide it's content in a secure and realiable fashion, I thinks it's their loss of my traffic. However, I also use a flash block on my Mac and PC, at work, to prevent those vulnerabilities and to keep flash from killing my processor. So I might be more anti flash than the normal iOS user. But, of course, we will find out very soon how many iOS devices have been sold to date and am I sure not having flash didn't slow down sales.

More HTML5/CSS3 would make the Internet better for all users.

over 1 year ago Chris Brakebill responded:

Well when I say "missing out" I'm not saying it's some big loss. But there are lots of well designed flash sites that would run well on iOS devices.

I don't worry about security on flash anymore than I do the rest of the web. iOS devices have plenty of security holes without it.

And I don't think not having flash has affected the sales of iOS devices in any meaningful way. The web has adapted pretty well, and it doesn't affect users. Most don't even notice that some sites don't work until they they have an iOS device.

over 1 year ago Matt responded:

I am interested to know what the plenty of security holes are.

over 1 year ago Khürt Williams responded:

Whether or not HTML5 can do everything Flash can do remains to be seen but ... as someone who used to develop web sites for a living (I've developed for Johson & Johnson, Prudential, Bloomberg and others), I've NEVER EVER like Flash. I always thought it was a buggy piece of shite.

The Small Wave.

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